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Status as keeping for the oppressed and the poor. so while it may offend some people, i think for him to say the name, to give the people their dignity, to say rohingya says you matter, you are someone. now when he is in bangladesh, again, not a christian country, 0.2% of the country is christian, and he is the third pope to go there, he will meet with these refuges and for them, it's a sign of hope. what is so interesting, christi, the focus of this trip has not been on the small catholic communities in both of these countries. remember, pope francis is going really for the catholic communiti...

I want to read something was said this past week. quote. do you have those same concerns, father beck? >> yeah. christi, this is a mine field for pope francis because this is an oppressed group. remember, rohingya living in the western part of myanmar and they have been forced through ethnic cleansing, murder, rape, set fire to their homes to flee back to bangladesh. now is he coming to a buddhist country.

They say don't say much. does he mention the name rohingya? because they are not recognized as an ethnic group in myanmar. 135 ethnic group that the government recognizes and rohingya are not one of them so they don't want the pope to say the name. if he does he offends the abusedist and he offends the government. yet he feels these are oppressed people and he needs to go there and speak to them and for them. this is a delicate balancing act in myanmar that the pope will have. >> that is what we understand is going to happen when looking at his itinerary that is released he is meet a military ...